Quotes about Redemption
And he will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God.
- JC Ryle
People will never set their faces decidedly toward heaven and live like pilgrims until they really feel that they are in danger of hell.
- JC Ryle
Terribly black must that guilt be, for which nothing but the blood of the Son of God could make satisfaction. Heavy
- JC Ryle
Justification is regarding and judging a person to be righteous for the sake of another, even Jesus Christ the Lord. Sanctification is actually making a person inwardly righteous, though it may be in a very small degree.
- JC Ryle
Sanctification is the only certain evidence of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, which is essential to salvation.
- JC Ryle
The door of mercy is set wide open. The door is not yet locked. The door can be opened. God's heart is full of love. God's heart is full of compassion. Whoever and whatever a person might have been, at midnight or at any time, whenever he returns to God, he will find God willing to receive him, ready to pardon him, and glad to have him at home. All things are ready. Whoever desires to enter can come in.
- JC Ryle
I fear the personality of our Lord is sadly lost sight of by many professors in the present day. Their talk is more about salvation than about the Saviour--more about redemption than about the Redeemer--more about justification than about Jesus--more about Christ's work than about Christ's person. This a great fault, and one that fully accounts for the dry and sapless character of the religion of many professors.
- JC Ryle
In grace as well as in providence, Christ works still. He is ever taking away sin.
- JC Ryle
I pray for them — I pray not for the world.
- JC Ryle
If we have faith, we look backward to Christ dying on the cross, and if we have hope, we must look forward to Christ coming again (John 14:3; 2 Timothy 4:8; 2 Peter 3:12).
- JC Ryle
Well says Owen, "I do not understand how a man can be a true believer unto whom sin is not the greatest burden, sorrow, and trouble.
- JC Ryle
Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
- JC Ryle